The Body in Health and Social Care

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Focusing on health and social care, this book shows how important the body can be to a range of issues such as disability, old age, sexuality, consumption, food and public space. Twigg illustrates how constructions of the body affect how we see different social groups and explores the significance of it in the provision and delivery of care.male body and masculinitiesa#39;, in S. Scott and D. Morgan (eds) Body Matters:
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The Body in Health and Social Care

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Julia Twigg

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Palgrave Macmillan - 2006-03-30

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